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Writing the high school transcript isn’t as scary as it sounds. Once you’ve figured out how to grade and plan your student’s high school years, what credits are and how to give credits, all you have to do is write it all down. 🙂
But if you’re like me, you like to see samples before creating your own.
Official High School Transcript Form (blank) – click link for PDF
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I like this form from HSLDA’s website. It’s clean, neat, and to the point. But my taste may not be yours, so here are some samples of filled out transcripts in various formats that might trim your turkey.
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Google search images of transcript samples
Typically included on a transcript:
- teen’s name, address, phone number, and birth date
- organized so that each school year includes your teen’s grade level, the courses they took, the credits given, and their final grade
- a cumulative GPA
- date of graduation
- parent’s name and signature
- optional: grading scale, yearly GPA, SAT or ACT scores
Again, I can’t recommend strongly enough that if you need a professional, homeschooling mom whose been-there-done-that and now makes it her business to help others plan for college, figure out credits, and write transcripts, be sure to connect with Cheri Frame at Credits Before College.
Once you have your transcript written up and ready to go, don’t forget to have it notorized!
Join us next week as we talk about the ins and outs of career tests, college prep tests, and college admission tests. . .
Homeschooling in High School Series:
Part 1: Grading & Planning
Part 2: Explaining High School Credits
Part 3: Defining Fine Arts, Electives & Extra Curricular Activities
Part 4: How to Prepare A High School Transcript
Part 5: High School Testing
Part 6: Earn Credits with CLEP
Part 7: Earn Credits with DSST/DANTES
Part 8: Earn Credits with Advanced Placement (AP)
Part 9: Earn Credits with PSEO + HSLDA Transcript Service Giveaway! (coming soon!)
{Homeschooling in High School} Defining Fine Arts, Electives & Extra Curricular Activities
I just wanted to say thank you so much for posting the link to the printable high school transcript here! It made it so much easier for my mom and I. 🙂 Many thanks!
Hi, I appreciate your articles. I ordered a few CLEP books from the site you recommended. I do have a question when it comes to GPA accumulation. How do you personally come up with a GPA if you unschooled, do not grades or tests, or textbooks? By essays, projects? I am trying to wrap my brain around that. For example: how do you figure out grades for science and history in an unschooling situation? I am asking, because I got the impression colleges want to see the tests (not just SATs), and want descriptions of what was specifically covered in each subject. The one unique transcript that had a more free description of everything the student did is very different from anything I have seen and it made me curious to my options. Did you give a college a transcript like that who welcomed the unschooling approach? Is the bottom line the SAT score? I also read some people opt to not do the SAT, but choose to do an essay instead. Do colleges truly accept that? I was just curious when thinking through transcript choices and education.
Thanks a bunch!
Hi Natalie,
I would refer you to either Cheri Frame http://creditsbeforecollege.com/ or HSLDA.com as this is where most of my information came from and they would probably have a better idea for your specific situation. I do know that each college is different and many times what we’ve been taught to send in isn’t always required.